Harding v. State

Appellant challenges his manslaughter conviction raising three issues. First, he claims the trial court erred in refusing to grant a judgment of acquittal because the state failed to present sufficient evidence to rebut his claim of self-defense. Having read the entire record and noted both the evidence of self-defense and the state’s impeachment and cross-examination, we find no error. A court should not grant a motion for judgment of acquittal unless there is no view of the evidence which the jury might take favorable to the opposite party that can be sustained under the law. Taylor v.…